Hamas’ tunnels under the border, developed to circumvent Egyptian restrictions on the official Rafah crossing and Israel’s blockade, are primarily for the illegal smuggling of goods and people.
By Ma’an staff
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — A Sinai security chief said Sunday that Egypt had detained ten Palestinians entering illegally from Gaza in the past three days, and would act to round up all Palestinians without permission to enter the country.
Maj. Gen. Sameeh Bashadi told Ma’an a list of names and descriptions of Palestinians who had entered Egypt through the tunnels had been distributed to all security bureaus.
He said Palestinians on the list were involved in issues related to Egypt’s national security, without elaborating.
Ishtayeh warned Israel could end up with “an apartheid style state, similar to the one of former South Africa.”
Speaking to Stephen Sackur on the BBC news show “Hardtalk,” Dayan said the views of the ultra-Right are “quite realistic, as Israel is beginning to understand that the two-state solution never existed, it was a mirage…you get closer to it, you reveal that it was just hot air.”
Second Lieutenant Avi Bari, known to his family who all remain in Guinea as Ibrahima, already enjoys a certain notoriety that he owes to his self-proclaimed status of “the first illegal immigrant to become an officer of the IDF.” 
